9-letter words containing h, y, r
- orthopedy — Archaic form of orthopedics.
- overhappy — too happy
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paranymph — a groomsman or a bridesmaid.
- pararhyme — a part-rhyme in which the consonants are the same but the vowels are different
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- parhypate — a note in ancient Greek music, the second lowest note in the two lowest tetrachords
- party hat — a hat, often made of paper, worn at a party
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- perilymph — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- periphery — the external boundary of any surface or area.
- pharyngo- — pharynx
- phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- phony war — (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- phylarchy — a government led by a phylarch
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- phytotron — a building in which plants can be grown on a large scale, under controlled conditions
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymorph — Biology. an organism having more than one adult form, as the different castes in social ants.
- porphyria — a defect of blood pigment metabolism in which porphyrins are produced in excess, are present in the blood, and are found in the urine.
- porphyric — of or relating to porphyria
- porphyrin — a dark red, photosensitive pigment consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by single carbon atoms: a component of chlorophyll, heme, and vitamin B 1 2 .
- porphyrio — any aquatic bird of the genus Porphyrio
- pothecary — apothecary.
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- prettyish — quite pretty
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pyorrhoea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- pyothorax — empyema.
- pyracanth — a thorny evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha, related to the hawthorn
- pyrethrin — Also called pyrethrin I. a viscous, water-insoluble liquid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 3 , extracted from pyrethrum flowers, used as an insecticide.
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pyrograph — an object ornamented by pyrography.
- pyrophone — an instrument resembling a small pipe organ, designed to produce musical sounds using gas flames burning close together in glass tubes, and producing a sound when the flames are separated by the pressing of a key. Designed by G.F.E. Kastner in 1869
- qadariyah — the group who defended free will against the doctrine of predestination.
- qadiriyah — a Sufi fraternity founded by ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani (1077–1166) in the 12th century.
- rakehelly — of, resembling, or characteristic of a rakehell; profligate
- rehydrate — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- reshevsky — Samuel, 1911–92, U.S. chess player, born in Poland.
- rhathymia — carefree behavior; light-heartedness.
- rheometry — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rhinology — the science dealing with the nose and its diseases.
- rhizotomy — the surgical section or cutting of the spinal nerve roots, usually posterior or sensory roots, to eliminate pain.
- rhymester — a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
- rhyolitic — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.